Garment



R. A. NEAL Sept. 16, 1930.

GARMEN T med sept. 27, 1928 ;2.281 A/L z anozne L;

Patented Sept. 16, 1.930

P'ATENT OFFICE ROBERT AUGUST NEAL, OF CAFE GIRARDAU, MISSOURI GARMEN'L'Application filed September 27, 1928. Serial Nd. 308,803.

This invention relates to the class of garments and pertainsparticularly to cover all types of garments.

In the one piece cover all types of garments at present in use, it hasbeen found that due to the drag upon the back of the garment when thewearer thereof stoops or leans over,

i considerable strain is placed upon the back of the neck of the garmentresulting in the choking of the wearer. The primary object of thisinvention is to overcome this choking action of the garment and, whilethe following description will be confined to a one piece overallgarment it is, of course, to be understood that the invention may bereadily applied to the other garments such as shirts and the like.

The present invention overcomes the above described difliculties bylaying a pleat across the top edge of the back of the garment, betweenthe shoulder seams thereof securing this pleat at each end to the seams.

The result of forming the upper portion of the garment in this manner isto place the strain or drag upon the Shoulders, the pleat opening outwhen a pull is applied to the central portion of the back thereof, thustemporarily lengthening the 'back and preventing any drag upon thewearer7s neck.

A further object of vthis invention is to overcome the above describeddifiiculty economically and in such a manner that the manufacturingoperation of the garment will not be made more difficult. a i Theinvention will be best understood from a consideration of the followingdetailed de' scription taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however,

i I that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with theshowing of the drawing but may be changed or modified so long as suchchanges or modifications mark no material departure from the salientfeatures of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevational View of the upper back portionof a garment constructed in accordance with this invention VFig'u're 2is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral' l indicates the back ofa garment, for example a one piece overall suit to the upper or shoulderedges of which the breast pieces are secured forming the seams 2.

In the usual construction of a garment of this type, the central topedge of the back is secured directly to the lower edge of the collar 3.However, in the present invention, the top central edge of the back isfolded back upon itself as indcated at 4 and then again folded upwardlyas indicated at 5 to form the transverse pleat indicated as a whole bythe numeral 6.

The ends of the pleat 6 are secured by the stitching which forms theseams 2, while the top edge thereof is seoured between the two plies ofmaterial which forms the collar 3 as indicated at 7.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily understood that in agarment constructed in the manner described when the lower portion ofthe back is held from being drawn upwardly as is the case in a one piecegarment, when the wearer thereof leans over or stoops, a considerabledrag will be placed upon the back which in the ordinary types ofgarments results in the pulling of the collar against the throat of thewearer. In the present structure the fold or pleat 6 will open out to asutficient extent to prevent lany uncomfortableness to the wearer.

vWhile the present description has been confined to a one piece overallgarment, it is, of course, to 'be understood that the present inventionmay be advantageously applied to other articles of clothing such asshirts and the like.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. An article ofapparel designed to encase the torso and having a neck, means forrelieving drag upon said neck comprising an expansible fold formed inthe back portion of the garment across the top thereof adjacent theneck, said fold having each end secured to the garment, on oppositesides of the neck.

lo opening, means for relievling drag on the edge ofsaid neckopening,'comprisinganexpanble folclformed of the material ofthe articlew 'and extending transversely of the neck at 'the' i backthereof, onelongitndinail edgeofzsaid 15 w fold fonn'ing a part of the neck opening.

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ROBERT A. NEA.

